Chapter 11 Chapter 10: No Violation of Virtue

October 16th in the third year of Yuanding. After resting for a few days, Dong Shixiu ordered to return to the imperial capital. In this battle, the emperor personally led an army to wipe out the bandits living on the top of Jiuluo Mountain. The people of Jiecheng were very grateful to their majesty, and they sent each other off spontaneously, and they sent them dozens of miles away from the city. After marching for several days, a carriage in the army caught the attention of the soldiers. Many days passed, but no one came out of the car. Du Kang, General Feng's bodyguard, would go in and out several times every day, but General Feng was obviously riding a horse in front.With Du Kang's status, there are only a handful of people who can be served by him, but although Toyodazai rides in a carriage, his carriage is in front, and His Majesty and several other generals also ride horses, so they don't know that the carriage is sitting in the carriage. Who is it? Laodu's guards are required to serve him personally.

With such doubts, some soldiers gathered together when the army camped for a rest that day, guessing the identity of the people in the car, but none of them knew, but every time they camped in the forest, the people in the car did not come down. Let people get a good glimpse of the truth. The soldiers guessed and guessed without reaching a conclusion, and no one dared to ask for proof, so they dispersed in a short while. That day, in the twilight, when the soldiers were eating around the bonfire, there was a figure quietly walking towards the carriage, but he had just reached the window, and when he was about to open the window to take a look, a questioning voice came from behind: "What are you doing here?"

The man froze there for a moment, not daring to move. "Turn around." The voice behind him clearly ordered all the year round, with a kind of majesty that cannot be resisted. The man turned around slowly, looking at Feng Duying anxiously. Feng Duying and his phoenix eyes glanced at the man coldly, and from his appearance, he could tell that he was a ten-man commander, "Answer me!" The ten husband didn't dare to look at her, he just lowered his head and said: "Subordinate... this subordinate is just a little curious..." Feng Duying's expression didn't change, but a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, he looked at the ten-officer, pondered for a while, and then said calmly: "Do you want to know who is in this carriage?"

The ten captain neither dared to nod nor shook his head, but just stood with his head bowed. A strange smile floated on Feng Duying's face, "I'm going to tell you that the person in this car is the survivor of Jiu Luo." The ten commander was startled, but before he could react, Feng Duying shouted coldly: "Don't back down!" "Yes!" The ten husband quickly left with a sigh of relief. When the man walked away, Feng Duying moved his eyes and looked at the carriage as quiet as no one for a long time, then walked away. But when he turned around, he saw Fengji standing quietly in front of the camp a few feet away. Obviously he had just seen the whole scene, but he stood quietly, a lonely and thin shadow in the twilight like a painting.

Feng Duying's heart suffocated, and the unstoppable pain hit again, and he just stood there for a while, unable to move half a step.Ever since she came down from Mount Jiuluo, perhaps unintentionally or intentionally, she has never been alone with her elder brother and fourth brother, nor has she ever said a single private word, and they both tacitly avoided that matter. There was the sound of footsteps, but it was Du Kang who came over with rice soup and medicine, and it was time to feed Jiuyao.Although he was rescued that day, he remained unconscious and could only drink some spring soup rice juice every day.

Feng Duying withdrew his gaze, turned around, raised his head slightly, and walked back to his tent. Fengji looked at her back The shadow disappeared far away, and then looked at the carriage again, and then ordered: "Shi Yan, prepare your pen and ink." "Yes." Shi Yan responded, and put the cloak he took over Fengji's shoulders. A gust of wind blew past the front of the tent, making the tent door beep, and the distant wind hummed in mid-air, like the sound of human weeping. "It's only October and the wind is already so cold, this winter seems to be sad." Fengji murmured.

"My lord, don't stand at the door and blow the air. You didn't hear the doctor say that you need to take good care of yourself." Shi Yan said in his mouth, and he put down the raised curtain, blocking the cold wind from pouring in for a while, and the camp was full of people. It looks warmer. "I am a doctor myself." Feng Ji said lightly, then walked back to the tent and sat down in front of the desk. Shi Yan hurriedly fetched the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. While writing the letter, Fengji asked: "What did your majesty say after reading the third brother's letter received today?"

Shi Yan said: "Your Majesty said, just follow the arrangement of your lord and Ning lord." Fengji's nib paused slightly, and then continued to write, "Send a bottle of "Zizhi Snow Ginseng Pill" to Du Kang in a while." "My lord?" Shi Yanwei hesitated.This "Zizhi Snow Ginseng Pill" is Fengji's self-prepared elixir, and there are only three bottles in total. One bottle was given to General Feng back then, and the other bottle was almost used by the brothers when they were injured over the years. Do you want to send it to Najiura's bereaved family?

But Fengji didn't speak any more, just lowered his eyes and swiped his pen. From Shi Yan's angle, he could only see half of the profile, as flawless as jade, as cold as jade. "Yes." Shi Yan sighed softly from the bottom of his heart. After a while, Fengji finished writing the letter and handed it to Shi Yan, "Send it back to the imperial capital with the spark order." "yes." Feng Ji's letter reached Ning Yuan's hands as quickly as possible, and at the same time, news from one side quickly spread to the imperial capital. Yuan Ding three years, October 23rd.

Imperial Palace. After the beginning of winter, all the flowers withered and the dead leaves fell. Without the foil of red flowers and green leaves, even the magnificent and solemn imperial palace looked a bit depressed, but the "Cuiyue Palace" to the north was still full of green pines and cypresses. Xiangqing is full of vitality in the slightly cold early winter.Now the palace has a new owner, the princess Bei Xuanji of the Northern Kingdom. After the emperor made her a concubine, he gave her the palace. Since she entered the palace for several months, except for this expedition, most of the emperor stayed in her palace. For a while, it was widely rumored in the palace that she was favored by a private house, and there were quite a lot of courteous fawning.If it were another person, the tail might go up to the sky, but Bei Xuanji is not arrogant, treats people well, treats people with courtesy, and gets along with concubines in other palaces with humility and kindness, neither being too affectionate with others, nor too alienated from others , just so tepid, but with a somewhat detached bearing.

On this day, Bei Xuanji had had her lunch and was playing chess with a court lady who knew chess in the warm pavilion. Suddenly, a servant came to report that someone in Concubine Liang's palace asked to see her.She paused slightly, put down the chess pieces, "Let her in." "yes." After a while, a beautiful maid in her early twenties came in, holding several plum blossoms in her arms. "Slave Pu Xin pays homage to the Northern Concubine." Bei Xuanji raised her hand, "Excuse me." "Thank you, ma'am." Pu Xin got up. Bei Xuanji glanced at the plum blossoms in her arms, but said in her mouth: "I heard that Concubine Liang has a cold, but is she feeling better?" "Returning to my lord, after drinking a few doses of the imperial doctor's medicine, Concubine Liang's cold has improved greatly. Today, Mr. Liang is visiting the palace, and my lady can go down to the ground to talk to him." Pu Xin replied, and then said, "today Concubine Liang saw that the "Jade Butterfly Plum" in the palace had bloomed a few branches, so she asked the servants to break it up and give it to the empresses of each palace as a reward." She took out a plum blossom from her bosom. "It's good for Concubine Liang to recover from her illness." Bei Xuanji smiled, "This plum blossom has troubled Concubine Liang, and I will thank your concubine later on my behalf." Then she turned her head and told the maid who was waiting on the side, "You Go get a vase and keep it." Then he said to the waiter who was waiting on the side, "Go and pour a cup of tea for Miss Pu Xin." "yes." When the maid and the servants left, there were only two people left in the warm pavilion. Bei Xuanji got up and down from the couch, walked around the hall slowly and seemingly casually, scanned the door and window, then turned to look at Pu Xin, "But what's the matter?" Pu Xin nodded, and said softly: "Master Liang entered the palace at noon today, Concubine Liang talked with him alone, although the servants took the opportunity of delivering tea to get close to the door, but they only vaguely listened to what Master Liang said"...planned It's perfect... There is nothing wrong with it... Your Majesty will definitely not be able to do it... "These few words." There was a flash of light in Bei Xuanji's eyes, then she nodded slightly, "I know." She took a bunch of pink pearl bracelets the size of little fingers from her sleeve and handed them to Pu Xin, "You keep it. " Pu Xin hurriedly evaded, "Slaves dare not accept such precious things." "This is an old thing from before this palace. It has never been registered, and no one in the palace has seen it. You can keep it at ease." Bei Xuanji said lightly. Pu Xin wanted to evade again, but when she raised her eyes to catch a glimpse of Bei Xuanji's expression, she took the beads and knelt down to salute: "The servant girl is very grateful for the reward." After a while, the maid and the servants came back, Pu Xin left after drinking a sip of tea, and went to other palaces to send plum blossoms. Bei Xuanji leaned on the couch and played with the chess pieces slowly, thinking about what Pu Xin said just now. It seems that the Liang family couldn't help but want to act, but they don't know what they are holding on to this time, are they really so sure?She thought about it slowly, with an elusive smile floating on her lips.After a while, she threw away the chess pieces, and saw the palace maid holding the vase of plum blossoms in the warm pavilion, as if she wanted to find the most suitable place to put them. The purple and white plum blossoms are placed in the green glaze vase, as if the beauty is leaning on the pines and cypresses. "Put this plum blossom in your room." Bei Xuanji instructed the court lady. "Eh?" The palace maid was stunned, she turned her head and looked at Bei Xuanji who didn't seem to be lying, she quickly bent down and said, "Yes, empress." Yuan Ding three years, early November. Dong Shixiu and his party arrived at the imperial capital, and all officials came out to welcome them. Compared with the triumphant return of the last Northern Expedition, although the Jiuluo bandits were victorious this time, from the emperor down to the soldiers, they all seemed extraordinarily calm. After accepting the kneeling welcome from the Baigong, Dong Shixiu drove back to the palace, and all the officials dispersed after watching Yujia leave. At night, Liang Duo changed into casual clothes and went out in a sedan chair for two people.The sedan chair went through the streets with as few people as possible, and after walking for about two quarters of an hour, it arrived at a secluded alley.Walking in the dark and deserted alley, the sedan chair stopped, but Liang Duo did not get off the sedan chair, but sat in the sedan chair and waited. After a while, another small sedan chair was brought up and stopped in front of the sedan chair of Liang's mansion. The people in the sedan chair also did not get out of the sedan chair. Only two lanterns shone a few feet in the alley, and it was quiet. "My people have confirmed that the carriage drove to Fengfu, and the man who was carried into the mansion from the carriage was the man General Feng rescued from Mount Jiuluo." Liang Duo said. The person in the sedan chair on the opposite side pondered for a while, and said: "Since it is confirmed, Master Liang will take care of the rest." "Naturally, I have already arranged these things." Liang Duo said, "It's just..." He paused at this point, waiting for the person opposite to answer. The person in the sedan chair on the opposite side obviously knew what he meant, and said: "I will never forget my promise, and I will recommend Mr. Liang as the capital of the imperial city afterwards." Liang Duo smiled with satisfaction, "It's not because of this that I came to you today, it's just that you and I rarely meet, so I want to ask, who should be the next step?" "Dazai Toyoji." The answer from the person in the opposite sedan chair was almost immediate. Liang Duo was taken aback for a moment, and then understood, so he laughed lowly, "Indeed, first bring down Feng Duying, and I will be the commander of the imperial city, and then I can control the military power: after that, I will bring down Fengji, and you will be the Dazai, the master." Take charge of state affairs. In this way, this imperial capital and this great east are still in the hands of you and me, then... hahaha!" The person in the sedan chair on the opposite side was obviously not as forgetful as Liang Duo, and he calmly reminded: "Master Liang, although everything is going as planned, it is still the best thing to be cautious. After all, you have to take care of what is in front of you before you can have what is behind." "That's natural." Liang Duo laughed. "I'll take my leave first, and we'll see Master Liang's methods tomorrow." Humanity in the opposite sedan chair said. "Walk slowly." The sedan chair on the opposite side was raised, and soon disappeared into the vast night. "Go." Liang Duo ordered. So the sedan chair was lifted up again, walked forward along the alley, then turned a corner and walked for a while, stopping the sedan chair in front of a small courtyard. The curtain of the sedan chair was raised, Liang Duo bent down to get out of the sedan chair, looked at the ray of light shining through the courtyard door, straightened his robes, held his head up and pushed the door open to enter. Walking through the small courtyard and walking to the main hall, there are already more than ten people sitting in the room. If any palace member from the court comes here, they will definitely be able to recognize these faces who often go in and out of the court hall. "Master Liang, you are here." Everyone in the hall got up when they saw Liang Duo coming. "My lords have kept you waiting for so long, please forgive me." Liang Duo clasped his fists. "Where is it? It's just that if Mr. Liang doesn't come, we don't have a backbone." Everyone said. After some salutes and greetings, they all sat down. "Master Liang, do you have any definite news?" One person asked. "Yeah." Liang Duo nodded, "I've asked Chu, General Feng did bring a Jiuluo bandit back to the mansion." Hearing the answer, all the people here gave an "oh" with the same meaning. Then another person asked: "Then tomorrow, what name should I impeach?" So everyone looked at Liang Duo. Liang Duo smiled sinisterly, "General Feng" colludes with bandits "and" harbors bandits "with ulterior motives, betrays the emperor's grace, and is in vain to be a pillar of the East!" Everyone nodded when they heard the words. "Master Liang is right. General Feng's behavior is nothing less than treason!" "For the sake of the safety of the world, and for the integrity of the court, I will sacrifice my life to impeach General Feng." "That's right, General Feng is a woman, and He De and He Nengke are the most suitable candidates for the post of Unification of the Imperial City." "That's right, and Concubine Liang is His Majesty's first wife, and she has the eldest son of the emperor, so she should be made a queen." "The eldest son of the emperor is honest and gentle, and should be established as the prince." Hearing everyone's approval, Liang Duo was complacent, but he tried his best to put on a serious face, and said: "My lords, don't do this, I, Liang, are here for the world of Dadong, for the sake of thousands of people, how dare you Selfishness. Besides, a certain Liang is a mediocre person, how dare he take on this important task." "It is precisely because Mr. Liang serves the country and the people that we are going to recommend Mr. Liang." "Your Excellency Liang is too modest. Your Excellency is a talented person." "That's right. If Mr. Liang can't, I'll wait..." For a while, the house was full of compliments and flattery. But he said that another sedan chair was hurrying in the night, and then stopped at the back door of Feng's mansion. After getting off the sedan chair, a man in his early forties walked out. It was "Hou Ying" Feng Renran. He entered the house through the back door and returned to the study room. The handsome young man in the room saw him coming in and hurriedly got up to greet him, "Father." This boy is Feng Renran's sixteen-year-old eldest son, Feng Wuyi. Feng Renran nodded, "I am entering the palace today, what can your aunt say?" "Auntie is the same as usual, there is no special explanation." Feng Wuyi replied. "Oh." Feng Renran pondered slightly. "Father." Feng Wuyi looked at Feng Renran's attire in Tsing Yi cloth scarf, knowing where he went. "Then Liang Duo has great ambition and lack of talent, and he is arrogant and complacent, how can he be the one who achieves great things." "I know it for my father." Feng Renran smiled lightly when he heard the words, "So my father only hides behind, and cooperating with Liang Duo is only a temporary strategy. You don't have to worry, because my father has his own strength in his heart." "En." Feng Wuyi nodded. "Okay, it's getting late, you go to sleep." Feng Renran said. "Well, father, you should also rest earlier." Feng Wuyi bowed and exited the study. His entourage outside the house was waiting with a lantern. In the dark and cold night, the dim yellow light looked dim. That night, some of the imperial capital fell asleep peacefully, while others planned carefully. the next day. When some people rushed to the Golden Palace early, preparing to attack the emperor by surprise like last time, the head of the inner court conveyed the emperor's order: return from the war, the dragon body is tired, and the early court will not be avoided. Many people were disappointed for a while, but they had no choice but to return in resentment, planning to remonstrate again tomorrow morning. But on the third day, the emperor still failed to go to court early on the grounds that the dragon was unwell.All the officials speculated for a while, is the emperor really sick or is he pretending to be sick? But Liang Duo and others sneered: Your Majesty, if you don't come to the early court, it doesn't mean that the ministers can't go to the book.So those notebooks were sent from the inner court to Jingchen Palace one by one. Although the emperor did not go to court early, he still had to review the notebooks. So on that day, Dong Shixiu saw a lot of impeachment stories in Jingchen Hall, "fornicating with Jiuluo mountain bandit", dereliction of duty and disloyalty, "harboring Jiuluo bandits with ulterior motives". But he both He was neither unhappy nor angry, and calmly read all the papers of impeachment. He didn't read all the excerpts until the fourth quarter of the hour.Get up and walk out of Jingchen Palace, walk down the steps, walk along the corridor, turn around one after another palace gate, just walk casually without purpose. Back then when the younger brothers and sisters were still living in the palace, no matter whether it was spring, summer, autumn or winter, no matter how many quarrels there were, they always felt that the palace was full, especially lively and joyful.Now, they moved out of the palace one by one, leaving him alone to live in this empty palace, and to stand alone in this supreme place. "The eight of us conquer the world together, the eight of us sit in the same country, and the eight of us will naturally live in the palace together..." The oath was said so easily back then, and the state of mind was so happy back then. They felt that there was nothing in this world that the eight of them could not do. As long as the eight of them were of one mind, even the sky would listen to them! He walked slowly, meditating quietly, and the servants and maids who accompanied him only followed quietly, not daring to disturb him. "Father!" Suddenly a clear call came, and following the call came the strength on his waist. Dong Shi regained his senses, and saw Dong Tianzhen hugging his waist. "Father, are you here to see my son?" Dong Shixiu raised his head and realized that he had unknowingly walked to the "Chunhui Garden". In front of him was the "Xinning Palace" of Concubine Feng. "Father, I heard that my father came back after winning another battle. My son has been waiting every day. After waiting for a long time, you came, my father." Dong Tian said with his face flushed with cold. . Hearing this, Dong Shixiu's heart softened, and he stretched out his hand to shave his son's red nose, "Isn't the father here, please lead the father in quickly, your face will be frozen to death." "No way." Dong Tianzheng held his father's warm big hand happily, "Father, are you cold? Come with Erchen, and Erchen will bring you hot ginger soup to relieve the cold." He walked towards "Xin Ning Palace" and shouted, "Mother, Father is here!" After entering the "Xinning Palace", Concubine Feng's face was full of joy, "These days the concubines have been hearing that His Majesty's dragon body is unwell, and they are full of uneasiness." "It's nothing, just a little tired, so don't worry about it." Dong Shixiu said.Cici is the name of the concubine Feng. "It's fine." Concubine Feng felt relieved when she saw that Dong Shixiu's complexion was all right, "It's cold today, Your Majesty is going to sit in the warm pavilion." "En." Dong Shixiu stepped into the Nuan Pavilion, glanced casually, and saw a vase of plum blossoms on the table. The petals were purple and white. There are few plum blossoms of this color. He knew it was the jade butterfly plum in Concubine Liang's palace, and said: "This plum blossom is not bad." "Concubine Liang brought it here a few days ago." Concubine Feng replied, seeing his eyes resting on the plum blossoms, she continued, "The concubine of several palaces has delivered it, and Concubine Liang has always been so meticulous. thoughtful." "Oh." Dong Shixiu responded lightly, turned his eyes away, and then asked Dong Tianzheng how he has been practicing calligraphy and martial arts recently, whether he has listened carefully to the teacher's lectures, and so on. Dongtian answered one by one, and took the written words to show his father, and recited the book he had memorized to his father, and asked his father in a childish way if he could take him with him on the next expedition... Just talked with He Lele for a while, then arrived at Shenshi, and after having dinner with the mother and son, he got up and turned back to Jingchen Hall on the grounds that there were still books that had not been approved.After walking a long way, when I turned around, I saw Dong Tianzheng's small figure still standing in front of the palace gate, with a slight pause under his feet, he couldn't help but waved to his son, signaling him to go back, and then turned and left. He now has six sons and three daughters.The eldest son, Dong Tianjun, from Concubine Liang: the second son, Dong Tiankun, and the eldest daughter, Dong Tianxiu, from Concubine Xie: the third son, Dong Tianhui, from the princess: the fourth son, Dong Tianshen, Zhu Jieyu, from: the fifth son Dongtianjue and his second daughter, Dongtianyao, born of Concubine Feng: six sons, Dongtianjue, born of Concubine Chen; third daughter, Dongtianwan, born of Luo Zhaoyi. Although he can't get along with his children day and night, he treats them equally, and the children treat him with respect and love, but only the five emperors, Tian Xie, are particularly close and attached to him, and only his seven uncles, aunt.Whether a child's feelings are real or feigned can be seen at a glance, so he has a different view of Concubine Feng who has raised such a child who values ​​love and righteousness. When I passed "Cuiyue Palace" halfway, I thought that I hadn't seen Beifei after I came back, so I turned into "Cuiyue Palace". At that moment, Bei Xuanji was thinking about a game of Linglong alone, but she didn't notice him coming in. When the maid reminded her, she looked up and saw him, but she didn't get up to greet him, and she just lowered her head and thought about the game. Dong Shixiu didn't blame her for being rude, he just sat and looked at the chessboard. After a while, Bei Xuanji sighed, "I still can't solve it." Dong Shixiu smiled, "A concubine as smart as Aifei can't solve it?" After several months of getting along, Bei Xuanji already knew that when she occasionally lost her willful temper, the emperor thought it was her true temperament, and he doted on her even more.So she deliberately tossed the chess piece as if venting her hatred, and said: "What a broken chess piece, it's simply bullying!" That day she was wearing a white satin jacket, her long jet-black hair draped over her shoulders, and on her forehead was a finger-wide white jade headband, with a golden peony about an inch in size embedded in the headband, slanting toward her shoulders. Pressed on the left temple, the suet-like face is radiant, the willow eyebrows are raised, the almond eyes are slightly drooping, such a cold expression of arrogance is very familiar, Dong Shixiu was stunned, and then embraced She said: "This thing is just for fun. How can you compare it with it?" "Your Majesty has been away for so long, and my concubines are bored, so I can only entertain myself with Linglong." Bei Xuanji stared at him half wronged and half resentful. Dong Shixiu raised his hand, slid his fingertips across her ears, caressed her soft cheeks, and then landed on the golden peony next to her nose, "Then go out for a walk, go to the imperial garden, go to other palaces It's better to find someone to talk to than to be bored in the house all the time." "The concubine in this cold weather doesn't want to move, and..." Bei Xuanji stopped talking at this point. "And what?" Dong Shixiu raised his eyebrows. "It's nothing." Bei Xuanji leaned against Dong Shixiu and sat on the couch, playing with his sleeves casually but intimately with her fingers, "Why is Your Majesty free to come here today?" "I walked and walked randomly in the palace, and somehow I came here." Dong Shixiu, his eyes turned around in the room, "Didn't you say that Concubine Liang sent plum blossoms to every palace? Miss you?" Bei Xuanji said lightly: "The concubine only loves white or red plum blossoms, not those of mixed colors, so let them be placed elsewhere." "Oh?" Dong Shixiu smiled, "The "Jade Butterfly Plum" is a rare item, Concubine Liang sent it specially, if you spread the word like this, it will make people chew their tongues." "They chew as much as they like." Bei Xuanji didn't care much, "I just don't like what I don't like. I don't want to force myself to please anyone, and I don't want to deliberately get close to anyone." Dong Shixiu showed surprise on his face, "How do you say that?" Bei Xuanji chuckled, "Your Majesty, don't pretend to be ignorant. Although the concubine has just entered the palace, she has heard a lot about it. But the concubine is a person who escaped death, so I don't want to get involved in anything, just want to be peaceful. Ning live a good life." "Oh?" Dong Shixiu deserved a lot of meaning. "Your Majesty." Bei Xuanji put away her smile, and the hand that was pulling Dong Shixiu's sleeve was still lying still, with a sad expression on her face, "This concubine is a lonely soul here, and this concubine has only one family member, Your Majesty. As long as His Majesty is a family member." Hearing these words, Dong Shixiu couldn't help being slightly moved, stretched out his hand to embrace her, and sighed softly: "Xuanji." "Your Majesty." Bei Xuanji leaned in his arms, closed her eyes, and her voice was as light as smoke, "Xuanji was rescued by His Majesty, so Xuanji's life belongs to His Majesty. His Majesty is here, Xuanji is here, and His Majesty is not. Not there either." Dong Shixiu didn't speak, but the delicate body in his arms was so warm, and the words in his ears were so caring and comforting. I have become Dadong's loner, so did God give me some compensation? He hugged the concubine in his arms motionless, with an unfathomable expression on his face. Dong Shixiu did not go to court for a few days, Fengji recuperated in the mansion, and Feng Duying stayed behind closed doors after returning to the imperial capital, so he was too busy with Huangti, Ningjingyuan, Baiyima, Huajingtai, Nanpian Monthly number of people.Not only do they have to deal with daily political affairs, but also seeing that the winter solstice is approaching, the whole court has to make preparations for the sacrifice to heaven, so several people go to the palace to stay in the official hall every day, and they have not returned to the house for several days. At the same time, Liang Duo and the others were a little anxious. The papers had been handed over day after day, but His Majesty did not make any movement. His behavior was very different from the past, and it was really unpredictable.If His Majesty loses his temper as before and returns to General Hufeng, then they will have more rhetoric and be able to incite officials. At that time, His Majesty will not be able to block everyone's mouth no matter how protective he is.So he wanted to discuss with Feng Renran again, but after sending the news, Feng Renran avoided meeting, and after secretly cursing treacherously, Liang Duo could only hold it down temporarily. The sixth day of November. On this day, Dong Shixiu still didn't go to the morning court as usual, and then he waited for Ningjingyuan in the Jingchen Palace. The two discussed behind closed doors for an hour before Ningjingyuan left the palace. At the time of You, Dong Shixiu was sitting alone in Jingchen Hall, and Long Tu came to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yu has arrived." Dong Shixiu, who was wandering in the sky, was a little stunned when he heard about it, and then he came back to his senses, got up suddenly, and asked quickly: "Where is the Jade Master? But outside the city? I will go to meet him." "Mr. Yu is in Lingxiao Hall." Long Tu replied. Dong Shixiu stopped his rushing steps, then quickly turned around and headed towards the Lingxiao Hall. When he reached the Lingxiao Hall, he pushed open the door, and saw a person standing by the window, with a long and thin back. Seeing that figure from behind, Dong Shixiu suddenly relaxed, and a warm current in his chest slowly spread. "Jade Master." Stepping into the main hall, the emperor of Dadong respectfully and sincerely bowed to the back figure by the window. Long Tu quietly closed the door of the palace, then walked out three feet, and waited quietly. The figure by the window turned around, it was a man who didn't look young but you couldn't tell his age, his sackcloth was like snow, his hair was tied with a wooden hairpin, and he was as simple as a mountain villager.The main hall was not lit, and the light was dim, only a twilight light came in from the window, reflecting his distant eyebrows like mountains and rivers, with a clarity and tranquility beyond the world. "Sixiu, come here." The person by the window beckoned.In the whole world, the only one who can directly call Emperor Dadong by his name is the legendary emperor teacher——Yu Yantian. On the left side of the main hall, there is a floor-to-ceiling round window, with a thick soft carpet on the floor in front of the window, and a small side table on it, and the brothers often sit and talk in front of this window on weekdays.At this moment, Dong Shixiu walked over, took off his shoes, stepped on the soft blanket and walked to the window. "Look." Yu Yantian pointed out the window. In front of the window is a plum tree, which grows extremely tall and is full of plum blossoms. Looking up from the window where they are standing, they can only see bright red plum blossoms blooming in clusters, as if blooming on the sky. In the cold wind, the pavilion swayed, like clusters of fireworks burning and jumping in the sky, shining brightly and scorching eyes. Seeing this scene, Dong Shixiu couldn't help feeling his eyes light up. "For some things, if you stand in a different position and look in a different direction, it will be a completely different scene." Yu Yantian's tone was indifferent, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and sat down on the soft blanket, raised his head slightly to look at Dong Shixiu who was standing in front of the window, "It depends on whether your eyes can spot it." Dong Shixiu's heart trembled, and something flashed in his mind. He looked away from the red plum outside the window, and sat down opposite Yu Yantian, "Thank you, Master Yu, for your teaching." Yu Yantian just smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to take the teapot on the low table, and poured two cups of tea. With the curling white air, a scent of tea permeated the hall, and the fragrance filled his nose. "I haven't seen you for a few years, how is Master Yu?" Dong Shixiu looked at his mentor opposite.Judging by their appearance and mind, they are no different from when they parted. In fact, since they met when they were young, their mentor has always looked like this. They are all fathers now, but it seems that their mentor will never grow old. Yu Yantian pushed a cup of tea in front of him, picked up the other cup with one hand, took a sip and put it down, then looked up at him and said: "These years, I lived with your teacher in a small village and raised some chickens. Ducks, and raised a yard of flowers, and accompanied Shi Kuang on weekdays to cultivate, pick tea, and make wine together after studying... It seems to have fulfilled my childhood wish." The square house is more than ten acres, and there are eight or nine thatched cottages.The back eaves of elm and willow shade, the front of peach and plum hall.Warm and warm in the distant village, the smoke in Yiyixu. "I'm not surprised when I heard that Yandong started to practice. After so many years of getting along, he knows the habits of his teacher." How is the teacher's wife?The little junior should be an adult by now. " "Your teacher's wife is very nice, Shi Kuang has indeed grown a lot taller." Yuyan had a faint smile on his face all the time, it was clearly winter evening, but his smile and demeanor were like a spring breeze blowing over a snowy field, and Yiqing also Tomorrow is also warm. The random question and answer made Dong Shixiu feel his shoulders loosen, and his mind slowly became calm. He took a sip from the teacup, and a warm current poured into his intestines.In the gradually dimming twilight, only the fragrance of tea wafted up in the hall, and occasionally there was a slight sound of drinking tea, as quiet as an ancient temple in a deep pool. After drinking a cup of tea, the two put down their teacups and looked at each other, one was the distance of mountains and rivers, the other was the calmness of Yuanyue. After a while, Yuyantian's gentle and clear voice sounded: "On the way I came, I heard that you just leveled Jiuluo Mountain, but that shouldn't be the reason why you asked Chongyuan to find me." After ruling the world that year, Yu Yantian was about to retire after success.He treated the eight people more favorably than their parents, but when the wealth and honor were already in his hands, he did not take money, did not report his whereabouts, and went away in a leisurely manner with his wife and children.No matter how hard the eight people tried their best to keep them, they couldn't keep them, so they had to send them off thousands of miles away, one way after another, until finally Yu Yantian said helplessly, "Okay, in case...you have something to do, you can find Chongyuan." Find me", the eight people were released.Liu Chongyuan is a knight-errant and an old friend of Yu Yantian. He left this clue because he couldn't hold back the eight people's persistence, and because he was reluctant to abandon his disciple completely. "Master Jade." Dong Shixiu called softly, but fell silent again. He turned his head and looked out of the window. There was no wave on his knife-like face, but his gaze fell far away, as if he had fallen into the sky. At the end of the time, it seems to see beyond the years. Yu Yantian didn't speak, just sat quietly, looking at his disciple - today's Supreme Being. After a long silence, Dong Shixiu said: "Master Yu, when people think of the emperor, they always only think of the supreme imperial power and wealth." He still looked sideways out of the window. Yu Yantian nodded slightly, but neither agreed nor refuted. "Actually, we didn't think the same way back then." Dong Shixiu raised his dark brows, with a slight self-mockery in his eyes, "But I didn't realize until I became the emperor that there was indeed a pillow on one side of the shoulder. Supreme authority and splendor, but on the one hand weighs a burden and responsibility that weighs more than a thousand mountains." Yu Yantian was silent, watching Dong Shixiu quietly. "Of course, I don't regret being the emperor." Dong Shixiu raised his head slightly, his profound facial features were very clear in the twilight, and the grace and confidence of an emperor stretched between his brows. "Back then, when I agreed to marry the Liang family, I was mentally prepared. No matter whether it was successful or not, no matter whether the merits or demerits were good or bad, I was the eldest brother and should bear it." Yu Yantian smiled, vaguely approving. "Master Yu, I am the emperor today, and I have to make a choice in everything." Dong Shixiu turned his head and looked at his teacher, calmly and calmly. "I'm looking for the Jade Master because the Jade Master gave the eight of us the gift of rebirth. Because of the Jade Master, we are the eight of us today, and we have this Dadong Dynasty. So although I made a decision, I still insist Let the Jade Master know." Yu Yantian's heart moved, but what he thought about was what he had learned along the way. "Master Yu, I have made a decision." Dong Shixiu's eyes were clear and his expression was firm. Yu Yantian didn't speak, but just shifted his eyes to look at the plum blossoms outside the window, the bright red color was as rich and passionate as fire, and as bleak and cold as blood.After staring silently for a moment, he slowly said: "I never thought that the blood disaster would be fulfilled on Jiuluo Mountain." His voice contained deep sorrow and indescribable sadness, and also faintly revealed self-blame and helplessness, Such complex emotions are rare in him, which surprised Dong Shixiu slightly. But after Yu Yantian said that sentence, he didn't speak again, just stared out of the window, watching the sky dimming little by little, watching the red plums gradually turn brighter. For a moment, the hall sank in a frozen silence. Dong Shixiu sat cross-legged, like a silent mountain. After a long time, Yu Yantian looked away from the window and fell to Shixiu eastward. In the dark twilight, Dong Shixiu's facial features appeared blurred, only a pair of bright and deep eyes were like the calm sea under the moon.But Yu Yantian could see the undercurrent hidden deep in his heart, and he tried his best to suppress the waves.He sighed secretly, and with a light and clear voice, he dropped a huge stone on the calm sea: "Although you have made a decision, there is still a glimmer of hope hanging in your heart, and you are always a little bit unwilling, aren't you?" ?” Dong Shixiu was startled, and waves suddenly appeared in his calm eyes. Yu Yantian looked at Dong Shixiu quietly, his clear eyes were as clean as mirrors. Facing such gazes, Dong Shixiu felt that he had been seen through inside and out, even the hidden thoughts in the deepest part of his heart could not be hidden.Thinking of this, while he breathed a sigh of relief, an inexplicably more intense emotion welled up in his heart, and he clenched his fists involuntarily. Seeing Dong Shixiu calmly controlling his emotions, Yu Yantian felt pity in addition to his approval. Among the eight, Qiqing is the most important, not the youngest Nan Pianyue, but the eldest Dong Shixiu.Most of Nan Pianyue's emotions are just pretending to fool people. Only Dong Shixiu laughs when he is happy, cries when he is sad, yells when he is angry, and raises a knife when he hates... He is a real man of temperament.But at this moment, his brows are stern, unmoving like a mountain. It can be seen that the past few years of his career as an emperor has made him restrain his wild disposition, but...he is still Dong Shixiu, a Dong Shixiu who values ​​love and righteousness to the point of being reckless and crazy. "Sixiu, can you blame Jade Master for letting you marry the daughter of the Liang family?" 闻言东始修微征，然后断然摇头，“玉师，因你才有我今日，才有这至尊至高的帝王威严，岂会有怨言。” “悔吗？”玉言天再问。 东始修再是一怔，眼神微动，却依旧道:“不悔。” 玉言天没有说话，只是平静的看着他。 在那双明镜无尘的眼眸之前，世间任何事物都无所隐遁。 所以东始修深深吸一口气，然后缓缓呼出，如同最深长的最隐秘的叹息，“有时候亦有过”要是当年没有娶就好了“这样的念头。”他的声音平静，却含着浓浓的苦涩，“我坐拥江山帝位，可对我心中殷殷切切念着的却无能为力亦无可奈何。” 听着这样的话，玉言天静默着，神情平淡，水镜似的眼眸里甚至不曾起一丝波渊，只是在心底轻叹:果然，无论是当年还是如今，这天下能让东始修动摇的只有凤凰儿。 “玉师，此念不知何时生，亦不知何时止。”东始修深邃的眼中浮起凄怆，见者心酸。 玉言天依旧沉默着。 片刻，他提过茶壶，再取过茶杯，倒满两杯茶水，然后一左一右置于几上，“左边是凤凰儿，右边是江山帝位万千美人，你选哪一杯？” 完全没有考虑的，东始修端起左杯，一饮而尽。 对于东始修的选择，玉言天一点也不意外。天下人或许不会知道，大东的皇帝最初揭竿而起的原因，只不过是为了保护妹妹不被人欺负，只是为了给妹妹吃好的穿好的。 他取过茶杯再次倒满，道:“左边是你和凤凰儿隐遁山林逍遥度日却天下动乱众生凄若，右边是你与凤凰儿一世兄妹但天下太平百姓安康，你选哪一杯？” “玉师…”东始修心头一窒。 “选哪一杯？”玉言天的声音清晰明利，仿能切金断玉。 东始修伸手，带着几不可察的颤栗，他的眼睛望着左杯，可他的手却只能伸向右杯，端起来，仰头闭目，一口饮尽，却如吞荆刺，如饮黄连，痛彻肠肚，苦彻心胆。 “傻孩子。”玉言天叹息的看着东始修，清明的目中终于流露出慈爱伶惜，“你既是如此明白，便该知晓，无论你空悬后位多少年，凤凰儿永远都只能是你的妹妹你的臣子。” 那一句落入东始修耳中，顿闻“咔嚓！”一声，握在东始修手中的茶杯碎裂。 玉言天定住目光。 殷红的鲜血瞬即流出，“咚咚”滴落矮几的声音在安静的大殿里清晰可闻，然后顺着矮几蜿蜒而下，再一滴一滴落在毯上。 可是东始修恍然未觉，他垂目望着自己的手，看着碎瓷坠落毯上，看着鲜血汩汩流出，轻轻如呢喃般道:“玉师，凤凰儿要嫁人了……” 玉言天没有动，没有说话。 “玉师，凤凰儿要嫁人了……凤凰儿要嫁人了……”东始修喃喃不断，然后猛然抬手一拳击下，“砰！”的一声，矮几被砸得四分五裂，茶壶茶杯摔落软毯滚落大殿，茶水飞溅开来，落在两人衣上、面上。 “凤凰儿要嫁人！凤凰儿怎么可以嫁给别人！”东始修又是一拳砸下，四分五裂的矮几顿化成一堆碎木，“朕要呆了那人！” 东始修身体里那根名为“冷静”的弦已紧紧崩了近一个月了，又或者说已崩了许多年了，此刻终是崩到了极限，压抑着的焦虑、失落、愤怒、憎恨、悲伤便破闸而出，汇成了近乎癫狂的发泄。 “凤凰儿怎么能嫁给别人！凤凰儿是朕的！凤凰儿是朕的！”又一拳击下，碎木成沫。“朕要杀了那人！朕要杀了那些臣子！他们怎敢那样对朕的凤凰儿！朕要杀了他们……全都杀了！” 那些理智之下决不会倾吐的话语与愤恨，在这一刻，在他最信任最依赖的恩师面前，顿如洪水倾泻而出。这时候的东始修不再是威严的大东皇帝，只不过是一个悲伤、痛苦、妒恨的平常人，他嘶吼着，朦胧的暮色里依稀可见面上肌肉扭曲，显得狰狞可怕，如同笼中负伤的野兽。 “叮叮叮……叮叮叮……” 殿中忽然响起一串跪响，清清的如同雨滴湖面，脆脆的如同莺鸣翠林，柔柔的如同月下花开，却是玉言天以碎瓷相击而成，虽只是简单的叩击，却极有韵律，仿佛每一响都敲在心弦上，一声一声的，散出焦灼，一下一下的，拔去愤恨…… “叮叮叮……叮叮叮……” 东始修胸膛里奔涌着的愤怒、凶暴随着这清脆轻柔得如同音乐般的叩击声慢慢松缓，慢慢淡去，渐渐消散… 两刻之后，当玉言天停下叩击，对面的东始修已恢复常态，只是眉眼之间笼着深深的疲倦。“玉师，你可知我为何寻你？” 玉言天没有答，只是轻声道:“你累了，睡吧。” 东始修看着他。 “放心，为师在此。”玉言天抬袖一拂，一阵微风拂过，东始修阖目卧倒。 夜幕降临，窗外朦胧，殿中漆黑，可玉言天就静静坐在一片黑暗里。 很久后，殿中响起一声长长的叹息。 身为他们的师父，他怎么会不知道东始修为何那么急切的寻他。他再不来，大东皇帝便要陷入癫狂之中，或是掳着他最重要的人弃位而去，更可能会成为大开杀戮的暴君。 他是他们的师，亦是他们的父，只有他能阻他的狂，解他的痴！ “凤凰儿，你真不愧这个名号，羽翅扇动，必风起云涌。” 大殿里最后响起这么一句叹息，而后沉入静寂。 翌日。 东始修醒来时，已是日上三竿。 他已许久不曾睡得如此沉如此香，所以起身时，精神清爽，心境是很久没有的平静，令得耳目格外的灵通。窗外红梅嫩黄的花蕊清晰可见，远处隐隐传来南片月的叫嚷声“玉师回来了为什么先看大哥不是先看我？明明我是最小的，应该最疼我，所以也该先看我！” 看来弟妹们都知道玉师回来的消息了。 东始修微微一笑，抬头，沐着窗外射入的明媚冬阳，看着窗前矗立的身影缓缓开口:“玉师，我们八人情谊依旧如昔。” 窗边的玉言天微微点头，并没有转过身来。 “可是，这却令朝臣视他们为眼中钉。”东始修站起身走到窗前，“这天下本是他们打下来的，他们有安邦定国之才能，可为何我就是不能信他们重用他们？我还在，已是如此局面，若等我的儿孙继位，那时的他们会如何对待我的弟妹？削官贬爵？抄家屠族？玉师，我不敢想象以后。” 玉言天没有说话，只是静静的听着。 “玉师，有时候细细想想便觉得世事真是可笑。”东始修勾起一抹嘲讽的笑，“历朝君王冷遇功臣，便是鸟尽弓藏之悲。可我厚待功臣，却是任人唯亲，人人谗害。” “人本是世间最复杂的。”玉言天淡淡道。 “最初起兵，为的是保护弟妹，至今时今日坐拥江山，依不改初衷。”东始修仰首，透过窗外的梅树，了望不远处高高耸立的八荒塔，然后他推窗，折下一枝红梅，“玉师，朝局已至此，我亦只能如此。” “你为天下之君，自担天下兴亡。”玉言天转过身来。 话音落下之际，“砰！”的殿门被推开，南片月跳着跑了进来，“玉师！我好想你啊！” “玉师。” 陆续跨入大殿的几人莫不恭敬而欢喜的唤着恩师。 “你们来了。”玉言天微微一笑，迎向他耗一生心血抚育的爱徒。 凌霄殿里，那一日迎来了许久不曾有过的开怀笑语，和着暖暖冬阳，一扫近来笼于帝都上下的阴霾。 元鼎三年十一月初八，寅时六刻。 天还只蒙蒙亮，清晨的寒气如冰刀刺骨，许多的人都还睡在热被窝里做着甜梦，而帝城长街上，一到士兵踩着齐扎的步伐快速奔过，刀剑碰触盔甲发着“叮当”脆响，在冬晨里如同冰洞里的水滴声，让人闻声即生出寒冷之感。那列士兵奔到一座府邸前，将之团团围住，朦胧的晨光里，依稀可见府前匾额上龙飞凤舞的题着“梁府”二字。 那时刻，这府富丽奢华的府邸的主人梁铎刚刚洗漱过，正由着婢女们侍候着穿上朝服，准备去上早朝。 “砰砰砰！”一阵急剧的拍门声响起。 “什么人啊？这么早。”梁府的门人提着灯笼揉着惺忪的睡眼拉开了门栓，刚将大门拉开一道缝儿，门便被外面一股大力推开，然后一大帮士兵迅速涌入。 “梁铎接旨！” 一声朗喝震破了梁府的宁静，府中早起的仆人看到那些腰悬刀剑气势汹汹的士兵，一个个吓得脸色发白胆颤心惊。 不一会儿，梁铎闻讯赶来，见到如此阵仗亦面现惊色，可还不待他开口相询，前来传旨的禁中都尉宋尧高举圣旨唤道:“梁铎接旨！” “臣梁铎接旨。”梁铎心头忐忑的跪下，然后一府的人哗啦啦跟着跪倒。 虔侯“梁铎，官居太常，身受皇恩，不思尽忠图报，反贪财纳贿，结党营私，谋乱夺政，罪无可赦，削爵革职，着解廌府监押候斩！其妾梁张氏，以色贿官，暴敛财物，依势凌弱，着解廌府监押候斩！梁府家财没入国库，梁氏一族男丁几十五以上皆成极边！钦此！” 当宋尧圣旨念完，梁府里所有的人都从头凉到脚，梁铎更是当场软倒在地。 “梁大人，还不领旨谢恩。”宋尧冷声唤道。 “不……臣冤枉！臣是冤枉的！”梁铎醒过神当即摇头大喊。 “梁大人有没有冤，到了解廌府便一清二楚了！拿下！”宋尧一声令下，身后士兵顿上前捉余梁铎。 “不！臣是冤枉的！”梁铎大喊。 "My lord! My lord!" “天啦，这可怎么办啦！” 眼见梁铎被拿，梁府里诸人顿时凄惶大喊，个个六神无主哭作一团。 而那一天清晨，帝都城里如此人家却不单只是梁府。 在宋尧于梁府宣读圣旨的同时，监御史管宣、光禄大夫朱礼、太仓令周栗以“贪黩梁氏贿赂，与其结党谋乱”之罪着解廌府监押候斩。少府丞马准、侍御史秦高、尚书仆射刘良、太宰徐史王清安、太律徐史田承以“贪财纳贿”之罪革职抄家。 等到天色大亮，帝城之人自梦中醒来，闻得此消息时，只觉一夜间已天地变色。 而大喊冤枉的梁铎，在解廌府里，面对着那些与他一同押来的管宣、朱礼、周栗等诸位朝官，面对着一叠叠详详尽尽的贿赂明目，面对着尹蔓箐及聆风阁管事等人证，面对着那些记录着何时何地他与那些朝官们的谈话内容的证词，顿哑口无言。 “梁铎、管宣、朱礼、周栗罪证确凿，押入死牢，明日午时处斩！”解璃府尹白意马当堂宣令。 梁、管、朱、周四人顿瘫软在地，面若死灰。 同一日，一道圣旨送到了“蔚秀宫”，诏曰:“梁妃阴交外臣，谋权图位，罪无可恕，废黜为民，幽禁永巷。皇长子天珺年少，交'馨宁宫'凤妃抚育。” 元鼎三年十一月，初七。 梁铎、管宣、朱礼、周栗、梁张氏押赴刑场处斩，帝城百姓空巷围观。 午时，斩令下。 刀挥之际，梁铎大喊:“吾所为，皆与'英侯'凤荏苒相商也！” 血洒，头落，目睁，唇边犹挂阴毒狞笑。 那一句若平地惊雷，传入在场所有人耳中，顿时满城哗然。 元鼎三年十一月，初八。 金殿早朝，“英侯”凤荏苒跪奏皇帝:“臣为国戚，身受皇恩，本应尽忠图报，然贪性未束，为梁氏重金所引，与其结交行私，犯欺罔贪黩之罪。今臣悔恨难当，愿受死罪以正朝纲。” 满殿大臣闻之无不惊愕呆怔。 尔后皇帝下旨:“凤荏苒欺罔贪黩，罪无可赦，削爵革职，赐自尽。凤府家财没入国库，念其自悔伏法，罪不延族。” “臣领旨谢恩。”凤荏苒叩首。 然后，殿前侍卫入内将他抑送至解廳府。 殿中群臣无不忐忑自危。 当日傍暮，白意马自解廌府出来，正待回府，不想刚步下台阶，一道人影迅速扑出跪倒他身前。 “什么人？”府前衙役当即拔刀相护。 “草民乃罪人凤荏苒长子凤无衣。”跪着的人抬头，是一张冻得乌青的少年面孔。 听明来人身份，府衙冲到嘴边的喝斥咽了下去，只道:“此非你来之地，速速离去。” 凤无衣却仰头望着白意马，“大人，草民之父罪不可恕，草民自不敢奢求宽待。 草民身为人子，只想给父亲送一顿饭一壶酒，已尽人子之情，还望大人仁慈，许草民之请。“白意马看着寒风里少年的身子冻得发抖，却跪得直直的，乌青的面孔上一双清湛坚定的眸子，不由轻轻叹息一声，然后解下身上的披风披在少年的身上，转头对身旁那名衙役道:“你领他去见他父亲吧。”回首之际，眼角余光瞟见数丈外的巷角立着一道人影，目光一顿，缓缓移目看去，巷角的人影伶仃苍白，已非昔日的绮颜玉貌，只眉梢眼角依带着一份往昔的柔曼，她哀痛的眼神关切的看着地上的少年，仿佛感应到他的目光，她抬眸向他望来，两人隔着数丈之距，隔着十余年时光，默默相视，彼此都已面目全非。片刻，她向他颔首一礼，纤瘦的须脖弯出一道温婉的弧线，仿佛一个祈求，又仿佛是道别。他微微点头回礼，然后收回目光看向地上跪着的少年。 凤无衣未曾想到他的请求会如此容易就得到答复，顿时呆在当场。 自圣旨降到凤府，府中已是乱作一团，他本是想入宫去求姑母凤妃相救，可往日通畅无阻的宫门前得到的是横眉冷叱，那刻他才醒悟，今日凤家已非昨日凤家。他冷静下来后，已知凤家无救，他唯一能做的便是见父亲最后一面，可牢前的牢卒称无陛下旨意不能相见。如今要求圣旨那是比登天还难，走投无路之下他听从三姑凤兼荫的指点，等在解廌府侯着白意马出府。今日一天，已让这个侯门公子尝尽人间冷暖，此刻白意马一件披风，让他几近冻僵的身子一暖，不由得心中一酸眼眶一热，差点落下泪来。他虽是少年老成，可毕竟只十六岁。 “是。”衙役应声。 凤无衣回过神来，忙向白意马叩首，“多谢大人，草民至死不忘大恩！” 白意马摇摇头，然后转身目不斜视的步下台阶，乘轿回府。 身后，衙役领着凤无衣往死牢去，而巷角的人影悄然离去。 到了阴暗森冷的死牢里，便见昔日雍容清举的英侯一身囚衣卧于乱草上。 “